Pop Goes The Tangerine Tango Shop

May 8, 2012

One of our colleagues and former students, Denise Lampron, is an image consultant, stylist and a color design consultant in Los Angeles. She attended a Pantone/Sephora Tangerine Tango event in the “Pop-up” Shop at the Grove in LA– a fun place to shop for all kinds of goodies. This is the report she sent us….

“The event was attended by the press, stylists and ‘corporate’ from 3-6 pm, and from 6-9 pm by the public. The Pop-up Shop was ideally located in the ‘park area’ of The Grove. It was a warm, sunny day and an ideal backdrop for the happy, bright introduction of Tangerine Tango.”

“The Sephora personnel were knowledgeable, friendly and appeared to be genuinely excited about being at the event. The Pop-up Shop was impeccable. The displays were very high end looking, eye catching, creative and, of course, bright and bold. The Sephora make up artist I spoke with referred to the psychology of TT (she paid attention in your lecture!)”

 

“The catering company did a lovely job of re-creating the TT theme in the food.”

It was a festive opening with lots of interest.

 Thank you, Denise, for sharing.  Especially loved the picture of you (in orange) taking a picture of you taking a picture!!

Enroll Today!

April 19, 2012

 

Dear Color Lover,

My next 4-Day Color/Design class will be held from July 12 through July 15, 2012 in Washington State. I hope you will join us for this exciting training program that will enable you to expand your career (as well as your thinking) into more lucrative and creative color consulting areas.

We are located on Bainbridge Island, a half-hour ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle, WA. For now you will need to know that you fly into SEA-TAC International Airport, take a cab or shuttle into Seattle and then take a gorgeous ferry boat ride across the Sound.

A much more detailed information letter will be sent to those of you who register for the class, but if you have any questions or need additional information in order to decide if you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

I look forward to hearing from you!

 

leiseman@nwlink.com

206-842-4456 (Ph)

206-842-6498 (Fax)

How Can you Take Advantage Of Mother Nature? Use Sunlight!

April 6, 2012

Color’s message may be subliminal, but it’s always there to create an effect and to color your decisions, your moods, and your world. This notion was recently explored by one of my former students, Lara Serbin. She is an architect and full service color consultant living in Arizona. Her love of color has been expressed in many different creative fields including fashion, interior design, personal color consultations and architecture. As Lara has taken both my online training program in personal image color consulting (the Color Clock™ theory) and the “in-person” Color Design program, she is truly a “full service” color consultant.

Lara is currently working on a project for The Center for the Arts. In coming up with a color story for the center, Lara and the director, Joseph Benesh have created a harmonious color palette that includes two colors, Pantone Sunlight 13-0822 and Pantone Beaujolais 18-2027 from the Crossover palette that I explain in my book More Alive With Color. Crossover Colors are nature’s most versatile colors and are those that occur most frequently in nature. Your eye is accustomed to seeing them in combination with many other colors. Which is why pairing the Sunlight with Beaujolais was a smart move.

Lara has this to say about why she picked Sunlight: “Sunlight is a yellow that is the perfect background for any color.  Sunlight is also a complementary color to purple. Sunlight wakes this whole color board up with happiness!”

Click here for the full article….

I couldn’t agree more, Lara. Living here in the Pacific Northwest we know the importance of a little Sunlight. Still, we have ideal lighting for color matching, so there is always Column A against Column B!

Thank you for letting us share your story.

Wreaking Beautiful Havok

February 7, 2011

One of my former Color/Design students, Amy Anderson, shared this photograph taken by her neighbor. Amy heads Fleurish Partners and writes a lovely blog called What Feeds My Soul. Her neighbor, Laura Gardner, is an architect at GM Studio INC, and they both share a love of color.

“Winter shows off all the different berries so dramatically against the white snow!”

Photo taken by Laura Gardner

Thanks for sharing the lovely picture!

World of Chocolate

November 26, 2011

Barbara Dufford is one of my former Color/Design students and a gifted graphic designer. Barbara has kept in touch with me over the years. Happily, many of my former students, like Barbara, do keep in touch. She has shared some of her wonderful work with me that I thought worthy of sharing with all of you.

Here is a little more about Barbara (in her own words) and a sample of her current work with the Aids Foundation of Chicago. If you want more information please click the image(s).

 

I’m a communications designer (and 2005 graduate of the Color?Design course) with a wide range of experience with corporate and non-profit clients, especially working with arts and social justice endeavors. I love using design’s power to engage people in support of a cause as worthy as the fight against AIDS. The organizers of this year’s World of Chocolate were interested in highlighting the elegant and sensuous aspects of the event. Both color and texture, visual and tactile, helped accomplish that goal: the slightly transparent red and brown areas overlay a rich background color photo of one of the tables at last year’s event, adding complexity to the color fields. And, the card has a “soft touch” coating which gives a velvety feel to the piece.

We Are Coming To California

November 7, 2011

Dear Color Lover,

Lee’s 4-Day Color/Design class will be held in January 2012 in the Los Angeles area of California. We have set those dates which will be Thursday through Sunday, January 26-29, 2012. We hope you will join us for this exciting training program that will enable you to expand your career (as well as your thinking) into more lucrative and creative color consulting areas. This class will be held in Burbank, California at the Marriott Residence Inn Burbank/Downtown. This Marriott hotel is one of their Residence Inns, so there are small kitchenettes in the rooms. The Marriott has given us a group rate of $129 per night for the class which includes a breakfast buffet. The hotel is very near to the Burbank (Bob Hope) airport.

Lee accepts a maximum of 20 people in the class and registration is on a first come, first served basis. 

Required reading prior to class: Leatrice Eiseman’s latest book, “Color: Messages & Meanings, a Pantone Color Resource” will be required reading for the course. It can be purchased through Lee’s own website,www.colorexpert.com, or through www.amazon.com, or ordered from your local bookstore.

If you have any questions or need additional information in order to decide if you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you!

leiseman@nwlink.com

Dancing Diablo’s Illustrated World For Ralph Lauren Kids

October 3, 2011

This film was done by a young woman who was part of a group who attended my class in Venezuela several years ago. She is a graphic designer who has since made quite a mark for herself in New York with a studio called Dancing Diablo. She sent me a link to her newest video that was made for Ralph Lauren Kids.  

These are some stills from the video. Please click the images to watch the full video.

Such beautiful illustration. What do you think?

Color Knows No Age Limit

July  22, 2011

This is Sofia. Sofia is the daughter of one of the students from my summer Color/Design class. Sofia was so inspired by her mother’s interest in color that she insisted she have her own mini “color workshop”.

 

 

During her workshop they talked about colors for specific products. She decided that a yogurt maker was the ideal product for her color palette.

The next task in the “class” was to make a color wheel. This is not an easy task but as you can see Sofia handled it like a true professional.

I think we may have another future color/design class attendee.

Colorful Kitchen

July 5, 2011

Rolando Barrera traveled from Mexico two years ago to participate in our Color/Design program here on Bainbridge Island. He had an interest in learning more about the psychology of color, effective color combinations and how the use of color could have a positive influence on his customers when they visited his beautiful kitchen-centered showroom.

He sent us some wonderful examples of how his showroom has depicted both mood and style with the artful use of color.

Rolando told us that the concept for choosing the colors was to use some “cheerful” and “delicious” colors like tomato, lime and citrus.  But he also integrated “our Mother Earth” by using warm browns and grays. In particular, he felt that the use of teak and a pristine white depicted “heaven and earth”.

His goal, in his own words: “The ideas of the colors of this showroom is to immerse our customers and visitors in different ambients of color and see which kitchen they like the most”.  He feels that “happiness” is a main component and that “color really sells”.

We respond to these handsome images and shared thoughts with a big Bravo to Rolando!

Full Service Color Trainer In The Making

February 14, 2011
We just got back from a wonderful week in Burbank, CA where I conducted my most recent 4-Day Color/Design class. As always, there were many kindred spirits in color and the class bonded quickly. One of the attendees, Alicia Keshishian, has been an art director, graphic designer, surface designer and illustrator but still she wanted to hone her skills in color consulting. In addition, she currently produces a line of custom hand-made-to-order carpets.

Coming from a long line of gifted and influential carpet designers, carpets have been part of her life as long as she can remember.  As she puts it “the smell of the wool, the touch of the fibers, the variety of patterns. It all feels like home to me. Rugs are an ideal medium for creating an intimate piece of art. I custom design each piece so that it reflects my client’s sense of style and beauty.  The process is collaborative as I work directly with clients or their designer/architect to create a distinctive, personal carpet. We start by deciding on colors and patterns, then apply the design to the size and shape of the space.”

“It’s been increasingly clear to me that people respond to color before anything else. It’s truly visceral.  Clients are unable to navigate into any new territory, be it pattern or style, if the colors aren’t resonating. I believe colors are very personal and they transcend current fashion trends or peer pressure! I think it’s important, as a color consultant, to extend that confidence to my clients so they can live in the comfort of their own dreams.”

So well put and so true.
Alicia was so excited by what she learned in class that she decided to enroll in the online training as well so that she could become a “full service” color consultant and expand her services.